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Chapter Awards

State Superior Chapter AwardThe State Superior Chapter Award is an award of recognition for active chapters. The criteria for the award is grouped into divisions similar to those used for the Honor Chapter. Chapters who earn the State Superior Chapter Award should plan to work toward the Honor Chapter Award. Applications are due each year to California FCCLA Financial Services Office postmarked by January 20th. The application form is a simple check-off sheet that can easily be submitted by the Chapter Officers with some assistance from the Chapter Advisor.

Upon evaluation of submitted applications, chapters meeting specified levels of criteria are stratified into three award categories: Bronze Award Chapters, Silver Award Chapters, and Gold Award Chapters. Awards are presented at the annual State Leadership Meeting each spring. These awards are sponsored by Excellence in Presentations. Put your chapter in the spotlight by applying for recognition TODAY!

Honor Chapter AwardChapters that have a quality program of work and actively participate in California FCCLA activities beyond the local level may be eligible for this special recognition. Chapters that have achieved Gold level recognition in the Superior Chapter Award Program should consider working towards the tremendous accomplishment of becoming an Honor Chapter. This is the highest recognition the California FCCLA organization gives to a local chapter.

To be recognized, chapters must submit an extensive application that provides evidence of its activities throughout the year, and must meet the specified criteria. Applications are due postmarked by March 1 to the State California FCCLA Headquarters Office in Sacramento. Awards are presented annually at the State Leadership Meeting and are sponsored by the Home Economics Teachers Association of California (HETAC).

Special Membership Awards for ChaptersMembers and Chapters are the foundation of this tremendous organization. Without hardworking chapters, devoted advisors and dedicated members, California FCCLA would never be as successful as it is today. These Special Membership Awards are a way to congratulate and recognize new, growing, and outstanding chapters. They are a constant reminder and inspiration to us all because their passion for California FCCLA is clearly evident by their quantity and quality of membership participation in California FCCLA.

100% Membership Award ChaptersThis award is presented, annually, to every chapter in California FCCLA: The California Affiliate of FCCLA where every single student who is enrolled in a home economics careers and technology education course is also an affiliated member in good standing with the state California FCCLA organization.

These chapters truly deserve special attention and recognition. Receiving this honor means that the qualifying chapter demonstrates by its actions that it genuinely believes in, and supports, a fundamental element of a model program in Career Technical Education. That element is the long accepted principle that leadership development programs in Career Technical Education programs (California FCCLA for HECT) should be operated as integral to instruction in the educational courses being taught.

To qualify for this distinct honor, a chapter must have affiliated, by March 1 of the program year, at least as many California FCCLA members as their department's unduplicated enrollment count as certified by the local school principal. Those chapters meeting this criteria are automatically recognized at the annual State Leadership Meeting. NO application form is required.

Fifty-Plus ChaptersChapters with 50 or more members, as certified on the official chapter roster in the custody of the California FCCLA Financial Services Office, automatically qualify for this recognition during the annual State Leadership Meeting. NO application form is required. To receive recognition at the annual State Leadership Meeting, official affiliation procedures for 50 or more members must be submitted to the California FCCLA Financial Services Office no later than March 1 of the current program year. Members affiliated by chapters after March 1 will not be included in determining these award winners.

One Hundred-Plus ChaptersChapters with 100 or more members, as certified on the official chapter roster in the custody of the California FCCLA Financial Services Office, automatically qualify for this recognition during the annual State Leadership Meeting. NO application form is required. To receive recognition at the annual State Leadership Meeting, official affiliation procedures for 100 or more members must be submitted to the California FCCLA Financial Services Office no later than March 1 of the current program year. Members affiliated by chapters after March 1 will not be included in determining these award winners.

Note: Chapters receiving this award will not receive recognition as a Fifty-Plus Chapter.

First Chapter to Affiliate AwardThis award is given in each region for the first chapter that submits accurate and complete affiliation forms and leadership packet order materials during the current program year. Qualified chapters will automatically receive recognition at the annual State Leadership Meeting. NO application form is required.

Greatest Percent of Increase in MembershipThis award is given, annually, to the one chapter in California with the greatest percentage of increase in membership over the prior year. The qualifying chapter will automatically receive recognition at the annual State Leadership Meeting. NO application form is required. Mathematical calculations to determine the winner of this award are based on official chapter membership records on file with the California FCCLA Financial Services Office as of March 1 of the current program year. Members affiliated by chapters after March 1 will not be included in determining this award winner.

New ChaptersChapters that affiliated during the current program year on a school campus where an California FCCLA chapter has never before been operating qualify for recognition as a "NEW" chapter. These chapters are recognized, annually, at the State Leadership Meeting with the presentation of their chapter's Official Chapter Charter Certificate. This recognition is automatic for all qualifying chapters. NO application form is required.

Reinstated ChaptersChapters that re-affiliated during the current program year on a school campus where an California FCCLA chapter has existed some time in the past qualify for recognition as a "REINSTATED" chapter. These chapters are recognized, annually, at the State Leadership Meeting with the presentation special recognition Certificate. This recognition is automatic for all qualifying chapters. NO application form is required.